The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-16
THE NATIONAL GAME.

THE past season has been the greatest ever
known IN baseball.
WASHINGTON has signed the excellent st.
Paul outfelder, Wilmot.
The New York League Club has started on
It's tour to the Pacific Slope.
BALTIMoRE has secured Shindle, Of De-
Eoit, and Shaw, Of Jersey City.
CHARLES FARREL, Of Marlboro, Mass, Is a
new catcher for the Boston Club.
PITCHER WE1DMAN will again be League
twirler next season. New York has signed
him.
CINCINNATI has resigned Manager SchInelz
Pitcher Vean, Of Minneapolis, has also been
secured.
TIE Chicagos were at bat less number of
times during the season than any other
League Club.
DETROIT won ten of the fifteen games
played with the St. Louis nine on the worlds
championship.
CHICAGO has captured two excellent play
.rs in Catcher Hoover, of Topeka, and Short
Stop Duffy, Of Lowell The latter is heavy
batter.
THE Chicagos made IS home runs during
,he year; Detroits, 81; Philadelphias, 4S;
New Yorks, 4S; Bostons, So; Washingtons,
50; Pittsburg, 20; Indianapolis, 30.
DURING rne year the Uerrolrs made yoo
runs; Philadelphias, S97; Chicagos, S07; New
Yorks, Sl4; Bostons, 794; Pittsburgs, 62l;
Washingtons, 600; Indianapolis, 6l9.
BROOKLYN has new man in Ed. Pelch,
pitcher and outfelder Of O Denver club.
Darby, O'Brien, Holbert, Mays and Radford,
Ill Of the Metropolitans, have also been
igned.
HERE is the story Of the winning of the
League pennant in few lines: Base hits
Detroit, 1,4O2; Philadelphia, 1895; Chicago,
l,124; New York, 1,25S; Boston, l,1o7; Pitts
burg, l,130.
OFF Chicago pitchers during the year ,1S9
base hits were made; Off Detroit pitchers,
l,l59; off Philadelphia, l, 116; off New York,
l,O56. Chicago and New York did not ap-
pear to lack good pitching.
TOTAL fielding errors made by the differ.
snt League clubs during the past season,
were: Chicago, 1,033; Detroit, S7l; Phila-
Pittsburg, Sal; Washington, SSl; Indanapo.
lis, l,l62.
INDIANAPOLIS is the tail-enier, but she
made larger number Of double plays dur
Ing the year than any other League club, get
ting 1913, Detroit 100, Philadelphia 80, Chi.
eago 103, New York 9S Boston 81, Pittsburg
81, Washington 0l.
THE Detroit sluggers generally "found the
ball, only 248 OF them striking out during
the year, against 35l Philadelphians, 303 Chi.
cagoans, 3S2 New Workers, 365 Bostonians,
SS2 Pittsburgers, 3E8 Washingtonians and 54d
tndjanapolitans Four hundred and thirty.
three earned runs were made OF Detroit
pitchers and only $50 Off Chicago pitchers.
THE base-stealing record Of the League of.
fords interesting reading. John Ward leads
the entire IAaplle with n record of ! 10 bases
in l20 games; Fogarty is second. with 10j
bases in 10 games, and Mike Kelly third,
with 81 in l2l games. Fifty-eight players
did not reach double figures in the bases
stolen column. and six did not steal a single
base during the season
THE contrast between the $50, 900 salary
list of the Detroit team Of 1887 and that OF
the Cincinnati champions of 1869 is very
striking. The latter contained ten men, and
the salary list amounted to &c. 100. Henry
Wright, as Manager Captain and player,
received 81 500; George Wright, short stop;
81, 500; and Brainerd, the pitcher, $500, and
tho others from that down to 5000.